Sustainable Intensification of Cereal-based Farming Systems in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa

Project Design Workshop

9-12 January 2012, Modern City Lodge, Tamale, Ghana

AGENDA

Monday, 09.01.2012
09:00 Registration of participants
10:00 Workshop introduction, process, and objectives
10:15 Welcome of participants (R. Asiedu, IITA; A.I. Kollo, CORAF; J. Howard, USAID)
10:30 U.S. Feed the Future Initiative’s Research Strategy (R. Bertram, USAID)

tamale_FtF_bertram.ppt

11:00 The Dublin Process: International Research Efforts and the CAADP Agenda (T. Arnold, CGIAR Consortium Board; Jeff Hill, USAID, Dublin Process Steering Committee)

tamaleCAADP_jeffhill.ppt

11:30 CGIAR Integrated Systems Approach to SI Research (R. Asiedu, IITA)

tamaleCRPs_asiedu.ppt

12:00 Lunch
13:30 Participant Introductions
14:15 Presentation of draft concept note (J. Glover, USAID, moderator)

Introduction
tamaleCN_intro.ppt
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IITA
tamaleCN_iita.ppt
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ICRISAT
tamaleCN_icrisat.ppt
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AfricaRice
tamaleCN_africarice.ppt
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15:30 Break
16:00 Farming systems mapping, data management, and monitoring & evaluation strategies (S. Wood, IFPRI)

tamale_m&e_wood.ppt

16:30 Comments and reactions on the concept note
17:30 Summary, Conclusions & Preparation for Tuesday (R. Bertram, USAID)
18:00 Meeting logistics and closing (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA)

Tuesday, 10.01.201
08:30 Day 1 reflection (Irmgard)
08:45 Project Design – What IMPACTS do we want this project to achieve?
10:00 Groups

11:30 Group progress reports
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Groups
15:00 Break
15:30 Group reports
17:00 Reactions from the writing team
17:30 Next steps, and closing Irmgard/Robert/Julie

Wednesday, 11.01.201
08:30 What we want to achieve today and tomorrow

Clear and agreed project goals, objectives, plan

08:45 Project Design – Project PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES and top-level OUTCOMES
09:15 Mapping Activities and Sites (Stan)

Re-characterizing the systems and sub-systems; intensification gradients

10:00 Break
10:30 Three Parallel Groups

Sub-system typologies/ intensification gradients

11:30 Group check in
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Groups: Logframe development [by outcome]
17:00 Group check in / report back
18:00 Close

Thursday, 12.01.2012
08:00 Logframe group work